Rail-joint.



PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

v No; 789,031.

W. D. JOHNSON.

5 0 9 1 3' z T A m D 0 T I L I A ET A O I L H A UNTTED STATES Patented May 2, 1905.

WILLIAM D. JOHNSON, OF MEADOW LANDS, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,031, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed January 23, 1905. Serial No. 242,286.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States of America, resid ing at Meadow Lands, in the county of VVashington and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in railjoints, and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby the confronting ends of two rail-sections can be joined together Without the use of nuts and bolts.

Another object of this invention is to provide a novel form of chair for retaining the confronting ends of two rail-sections together and preventing any lateral movement of said rail-sections.

A further object of this invention is to provide a rail-joint having a continuous tread which will dispense with the pounding of the wheels of the rolling-stock passing over said joints.

The invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved rail-joint, illustrating the confronting ends of three sections of rails. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of my improved rail-joint. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 03 a; of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4: is a perspective view of a portion of my improved rail-joint.

To put my invention into practice I employ a specially-constructed rail-section, which is designated by the reference-numeral 1. In rolling my improved rail-sections I split the web portion thereof, forming a groove 2 longitudinally of said rail. In forming this groove the web portions 3 3 of the rail-sections are bent outwardly, forming the sides of said groove tapering, and in said groove is adapted to seat a tapering bar 4:.

In the placing of rail-sections upon a roadbed I arrange the bars 4 whereby the confronting ends of said bars will lie intermediate the ends of the adjoining rail-section, thisconstruction being illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

To retain the confronting ends of the railsections in close proximity to one another, I employ a chair 5, the sides 6 of said chair being adapted to overlie the base portions 7 7 of the rail-sections. To brace the confronting ends of two rail-sections, I form the outer edges of the base portions 7 of each confronting end of the rail-sections with beveled faces 8 8. These faces are adapted to engage beveled faces 9 9, formed centrally within the chair 5, said faces 9 being formed by providing material between the sides 6 and the base of the chair.

By referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings it will be observed that the ends of the adjoining rail-sections are held in close proximity to one another by the chair 5, and any lateral movement of said rail-sections will be prevented by the chair 5 and by the tapering bar 4:, which engages both rail-sections. This bar is adapted to support the heads or treads of the rail-sections, and where a joint occurs between said sections the tapering bar 4 practically forms a continuous tread, it being impossible for any independent vertical movement of either one of the confronting railsections.

While I have herein shown the preferred manner of constructing my improved railjoint, it is obvious that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a rail having a tapering groove in the web and having its baseflanges sheared at the ends, of a tapering bar fitting in said groove, and a chair receiving the end of said rail with the lower face of the bar resting on said chair, said chair having beveled interior faces to engage the sheared faces of the rail-flanges.

2. In a rail-joint, the combination with a plurality of rail-sections, the Web portions of i adapted to engage the beveled faces of said IO said rail-sections having tapering grooves chair, substantially as described. formed therein, of a tapering bar adapted to In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in sea; witlhin the tapering grooves of twg of the presence of two witnesses.

5 sai rai -sections, sai bar being adapte to span'the joint between said rail-sections, a WILLIAM JOHNSON chair, said chair having beveled faces formed Witnesses: therein, the ends of said rail-sections having JOSEPH ROBINSON, their bases sheared to form beveled faces D. W. YOUNG. 

